How to Draw All Your Own Game Art 2 – Tutorial Index

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The long awaited sequel to our popular game art tutorial series. This new course won't assume any knowledge from the last, so new learners can jump right into this series! The theme this time around: Side Scrolling Art!

Module 1

Drawing Your First Side Scrolling Character

In this series of videos we'll draw a side scrolling character from scratch in Adobe Flash.

Unit 1

Course Assets

Unit 2

How to Draw a Side Scroller Character - Initial Setup

Unit 3

How to Draw a Side Scroller Character - Head and Eyes

Unit 4

How to Draw a Side Scroller Character - Shading and Noses

Unit 5

How to Draw a Side Scroller Character - Facial Hair and Ears

Unit 6

How to Draw a Side Scroller Character - Helmet pt 1

Unit 7

How to Draw a Side Scroller Character - Helmet pt 2

Unit 8

How to Draw a Side Scroller Character - Body and Arms

Unit 9

How to Draw a Side Scroller Character - Legs and Cloak

Unit 10

How to Draw a Side Scroller Character - The Axe

Unit 11

How to Draw a Side Scroller Character - Wrap Up

Module 2

Animating a Typical Side-Scrolling Character

In this series of videos we will animate the character we drew in the previous section, export the character, look at creating sprite sheets, texture atlases, batch renaming sequential files and creating animation templates for reusing keyframes / sequences with similar characters.

Unit 1

Animating a Side Scroller Character - Initial Setup

Unit 2

Animating a Side Scroller Character - Walk Cycle

Unit 3

Animating a Side Scroller Character - Template Considerations

Unit 4

Animating a Side Scroller Character - Creating an Animated Template

Unit 5

Animating a Side Scroller Character - Resolve Library Conflicts

Unit 6

Animating a Side Scroller Character - Animating a Run Cycle

Unit 7

Animating a Side Scroller Character - Swap Symbols vs Find and Replace

Unit 8

Animating a Side Scroller Character - Bright Idea? Leaving Notes

Unit 9

Animating a Side Scroller Character - Jump Animation

Unit 10

Animating a Side Scroller Character - Dazed or Hurt Animation

Unit 11

Animating a Side Scroller Character - Attack Animation

Module 3

How to Illustrate a Typical Side Scroller Level

In these videos you will learn how to create platform art for a typical side-scrolling game. We will look at ground tiles, backgrounds, scenery, various objects and more!